Apparatus for making cement.



R. W. LESLEY & H. S. SPAGKMA-N.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING CEMENT. APPLICATION I'ILBD 01112.4, 1906.

QEQ E 6 Patented July 27, 1909.

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serum W. Luster, OIFHAVERFOIRDQAND H NRY 's. SPAGKMAN, orlARnMoRE-mENNsYL- VANIA', ASSIGNORS TO PINE STREET- PATENTS COMPAN Y,"A' conronarxou on NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS son AKING CEMENT.

Specification of east. Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed (lctober e, 1906. Serial No. 337,3e6.

To all whom it may concern."

Be 1tknown that we,'--RoBnRT W. LnsLEY, residing at Havel-ford, Pennsylvania, and

Pennsylvania, both citizens of the "United States, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Making 'Cement, of which the following is a. specifiwith or without admixtures-of limestone, slate, etc, are first dried and then ground to a flour-like fineness, say so that 90 per cent.

, will pass through a hundred mesh sieve.

chines and the expenditure of a great amount. '0 powen. Moreover, about one-third of the i at 4o p'owerconsumed in handling so much un- This fine material, in the practice usual in this country is then passed downward through a rotary inclined kiln as'a traveling stream against a current orfiame and flame HENRY S. SPACKMAN, residing at Ardmore,-

gases coming from flame-producing means in the mouth of the kiln Wherebythe ma-' terial is calcined, or freedfroin carbonic acid gas-(carbon dioxid) and is then brought to incipient vitrification or clinkering; The clinker-produced is finally ground to an impalpable powder to form ordinary commercial cement. The crushing and pulverizing of the raw materials require expensivemaightand bulk ofhthe" raw materials is .made upof carbonic acid gas and moisture "which-are eliminated in the calcining stage.

The useless-weight and bulk must be handled through all-the stagesfof treatment up to the actual cli-nkerin'g. The great amount of n'lecessaryweight and in-pu'lverizingthe raw materials which are then in their hardest condition, form'sa large feature inthe costof producing cement. Hard, dense limestones and cement rocks are usually preferred because of their density since they occupy less. space-in the kilnand render a larger output possible ya-nd these hard rocks are of course expensive to comminute to flourlike fineness by dry-grinding methods.

It has been proposed to calcine or partially calcine the raw materials in a vertical kill-1,. ,drlvlng oii the carbon1cac1 .l gas and thehwisture and rendering the further reduction of the materials easier, then to grind to of excessively fine powders.

powder and treat in a rotary kiln and finally to pulverize the clinker as usual, but the processas carried out witha vertical kiln is not and cannot be continuous, involving practically a double manufacturing process, and

moreover the expenditure of time and labor involved 1n the use of a vertical k1ln is so great as to prohibit the commercial manufacture of .cement by this double process. Fine grind- Y ing at some stage in the operation is required to insure that in the clinkering stage the cement-forming ingredients shall be uniformly- .and thoroughly admixed in the form Since in clinkering the fusion or sintering is not allowed to go very far, the reaction of thesebodies T on each other is largely superficial and if a particle ofclay or lime, for instance, be com.

superficially,..retaining a core of unconverted sary that-in clinkering the clinker-making bodies shall bepresented to each other in is not necessary that this fine-grinding be performedon the raw materials pr1or to their entrance into the klln system; it is, on

the other hand, desirable that this grinding be postponed to'an intermediate stage of the operation after the materials have lost their original hardness.

It isithe obj ect oft-his invention to provide I .paratively coarse it will only be-converted materialp It is therefore absolutely necesan appar'atusfin which the manufacture of cement can be carried on as a' continuous process without 1nter1'n1ss1on from beginning to end and -without requiring the manual through a rotarykiln and with a material thus calcined the creased. I

In accordance with the invention, the preliminary crusher delivers the raw material, Whetlier limestone or cement rock or a mixture of both, directly and continuously to output of clinker is inhandling of the materials at any stage,which I shall tnable much of the heavy and expenswecrushmg and grinding inachineryto'be [dispensed \vith,,and shall permit nmclr; o'r

lne ti -feeds gas burner al a rotary kiln in which the temperature is inafter, with reference to the accompanying ratus, and in whichvation.

i. vided at its upper end with a tornary stationary hous1ng'c i s-producers cl communicati'n drawings in which it is illustrated as e1nbodied in a convenient and practical appa- Figure 1 is a plan view of a cement makmg apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a View thereof: in side elevation. Fig. 8 is a partial endele- In ,this showing a is a rock crusher of an ordinary type delivering crushed material into a suitable receptacle whence it is re-.'. moved by a conveyer Z) and transferred to chute b whence it passes through 6 into a calcining kiln 0. The calcining kiln is pro communicating with stack At'j't he' lower end this kilnis provided With a cue A battery of passing through the .housing'and into the moutli- ()1 the kiln. The "calcined material falls through the burning in the mouth of regrinding means f housingv in the usual manner into cooler e and thence into a calcines pit 6 Air passing up through the cooler e and through the housingyis' heated by the calcines and serves to a d. in the combustion'of the fuel the kiln. The cal cined m'aterialisremoved by conveyer f to From. the regrindingv means, the fine material is g and conveyers It and i into the upper end I a mg with stack I0 of a similar kiln is. At its upper end this kilnenters a dust chamber communicat- The calcined fine ground material passing down through 70 is heated by v a flame from gas burner "entering through a stationary housing in the mouth of'the kiln in the same manner as in the The clinkered material passes I through the housing into another in Fig. 2). 'Air .p'assjesup through this clinker cooler, aiding in'the cooling of the clinker and the com- 1lglulstion of the gas flame in the mouth of the In the operation with the described apparatus, the raw material, whether it be lime- From explained here- "the cooler c by 'able means such as the elevator f. The mill 'gniay. be of any suitable character, a simple dust chamber-- second rotary kiln is with gesture is maintained at. a degree sufficiently age bins or directly taken by hopper -'tively pure limestone materials employed,"the limestone rock is .lends itself to Fig. l'in dotted lines and stone-or cement rock, or a mixture of both, or anyot'he'r cement making material which re uires crushing," isdelivered continuously to the stone crusher 'a by which it is reduced to aiocoarsely -crushed condition suitable for delivery-to f and V kiln-e, tofivhich calcination in the rotary ouslyfdelivl red from the stone crusher by grav'ity or'byanyother suitable means such as theelevator 2). Flame from any suitable source,,suoh as: the gas producer (Z, is delivered'int'o the'rotary raw material "progresses constantly and continiiously through the rotary kiln the carbonic acidjgas and moisture of the raw ma- -iterial are driven off, wholly or in part, and the raw material loses much of its'hardness and becomes much more friable and easilyv reduced to powder in the grinding mill to which the material is directly and continuously delivered fro gravity or by any other suitmlll'of inexpensive construction and requirmg comparatively little power to drive it bemgjsufiicient toreduce the partially or "Whollycalcined material to the degree of fineness required for the next step in the process. terialpasses directly and continuously by gravity or by any other suitable means such From the mill the ground maelevator z' to the in which the temperaas' the conveyer 72. and the high to efi'ect combination or clinkering. From the second kiln the clinker passes as usual through a cooler Z and thence to storto the final grinder and pulverizeras may be desired.

if the limestone and cement rocks or other hard material are not mixed before crushing and the firstcalcination, they may be mixed immediately" after the first calcination, each material being passed continuouslyand constantly through arotary kiln as abo ve' described. Soalso, if compararock and crushed and. passed through the first rotary kiln as already described andthe clay is-then mixed-With it as at The apparatus thus various conditions of manufacture.

The temperature maintained in the first rotary kiln, as ficient to drive off all. or nearly all of, the carbonic acid-gas and from 800 C. to 1000 0. according to the materials used. The temperature maintained in the second rotary kiln is high enough to effect combination or-clinkering, being usually from 1500 o. to 1800 c. abcording to the materials employed.

It is to be observed.

kiln a and as the crushed m the rotary kiln through the moisture, being it is directly and eontinu-- V clay are the i already stated,'is merely sufthat the progress of the material or materials'threugh the apparatus is continuous each principal element 01 the apparatus del stage.

it will he observed that with the use of mechanical power required to effect the fine grinding is enormously reduced, being only about ten per cent. of that required in the ordinary process of making cement. The power required for making an impalpable and uniform powder pi such very hard materials as limestone and cement rock is'yery great. But upon calcining these materials they are cracked and shattered and are rendercd intimately porous and friable by the expulsion. of carbon dioxid throughout their mass and are then easily comminuted to any degree without a great expenditure of power. Furthermore, the carbonic acid gas is driven oil in the first rotary kiln, in whole or in part.

prelin'iinary to the grinding, so that it is not necessary to do this in the second or clinkeriug kiln proper. The reduction in weight of the material required to be handled up to the clinkering stage islikewise 'considerable, the material required for the manufacture or: one barrel of cement in the old process being from 630'to 650 pounds which must be carried through all the preliminary stages of drying, crashing and fine grinding, while the weight of material ton-the manufacture of one barrel of cement which it is necessary to submit to the fine grinding with the improved apparatusis from 380 to 4:00 pounds, the handling of about one-third of the weight of material. The handling of about one'third of the weight of material in the fine grinding is thus avoided. The util-. ity. of this is obvious.

The individual firing means for the several kilns permit a good and suitable adjustment of the thermal conditions within such kilns. This is very desirable since the thermal conditions required for calcining are quite dillereut from those required for clinkering.

As the calcmes leavethc preliminary kiln, they are very hot and it is desirable to cool them down to enable the use of simple types of griudii'ig mechanism. This cooling however is of course attended with a. loss of heat which would militate against the economy oi the process if it were not restored to the kiln. :lut by running the hot calcincs through the rotary cooler a, air taken up ivering directlyand 'continuously, without intermission orzhandling; of the materials, to the next in order sothat the passage of the materials from delivery to the first crusher until they leave-the-sed. ond kiln as clinker ready to be pulverized to form cemen iscontinuous, Without han dling of the material at any intermediate [Ward therethrough by the kiln draft .at once cools such calcines and is itself heated, and, ,upon'passing into the kiln aids in the combustion-bf the gas from (F, restoring the heat absorbed from the calcines to the kiln.

'if-he air passed over the hot clinker in the clinker cooler and heated thereby similarly aids in combustion in the clinkering kiln, much otthe heat of the clinker being restored to thekiln.

It will be understood that the apparatus may be variously arranged according to the requirements of each particular use and that elements of the apparatus differing in details of construction from those indicated 1n the draw ngsmay also be employed, the inven-- tion' not bein restricted to the precise construetion an arrangement of the parts shown and described herein.

"We. claim as our invention:

1. Cement apparatus comprisim rotary calcining kiln, means .comprisingan independent fuel supply to heat said kiln to calcining temperature, means to coarsely crushraw cement material and continuously feed the same throughsaid, calcining kiln, a regrinding mill receiving said calcined material and finely grinding and mixing the same, a separate elinkering kiln, means to continuously feed saidground calcined material through said clinkering kiln, means including a gas producer to supply combos tible to said clinkering kiln and a rotary cooler preheating .the' air for combustion to heat said kiln and clinker said material therein.

2. In a cement clinker burning apparatus, means-for calcining cement material in t "ansit, means for removing and regrinding the calcined material after expulsion of carbon dioxid therefrom and means for clinkering the ground calci1ies,all in continuous transit.

3. In a cement clinker burning apparatus, the combination with a rotary kiln apparatus having a section adapted for calcining and another section adapted for clinkering, of means for ren'ioving, rcgriuding and returning material intermediate such sections.

at. Cement apparatus comprising a crusher to coarsely crush raw cement material, a rotary continuously operating calcining kiln, means comprising an independent.fuel sup ply to heat said kiln to calcining temperature, a grinding mill continuously receiving said calcined material and finely grinding and mixing the same, feeding means to continuously feed said ground calcined material through said clinkering kiln and means to; heatsaid kiln to clinker the material therein.

tinuously operating cliukering kiln, interres ., mediate means comprising a regrinding .de-

'. Vice for continuously transferring materialfrom said oalclnmg kiln to sand clinkerin' kiln, meanstq heat said clinkering kiln to clinkeringtemperatiire by combustion therein and meansxtopreheatthe air for the comingl the samei thereto. v I "Clement apparatus comprislng a rotary ealciningklln, meanscomprismg an lndeblist ion 'inisaidfelinkering kiln before feedendent' fnel supply to lieat saidfilngto ning temperature, "means 'to' continusly 'ieed .material through said kiln to gcalcme the same, a clinker kiln, intermediate I throughsaid-clinkering kiln and means to bination of a rotary calcining kiln, a rotary clinkering kiln and intermediate re rinding o cement means, allin continuous transit material.

8. In a cement making apparatus, the C011]- bination of a rotary calcining kiln, a rotary clinkering kiln'and intermediate re rinding means, all in continuous transit of material, said calcining kilnand' said clinkering kiln being provided with independent firing means.

This specificati0n signed and witnessed this twentyeight day of September A. 1).,

1906 meanscomprising comminuting means to vcontlnuously feed said calcined material R. LESLEY.

HENRY S. SPACKMAN. Signed in the presence of r J. F. LENNIG,

WM. H. LoYn, Jr.

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